The Beths have introduced their fourth studio album, Straight Line Was a Lie, out August twenty ninth. As a preview, the indie rockers have additionally revealed their new tune, “No Pleasure,” and its accompanying video. Stream it under.
Straight Line Was a Lie is the band’s first studio album since 2022’s Knowledgeable in a Dying Subject, and their first on new label, ANTI-. The band cites “existential vertigo” because the album’s main theme, together with the concept going by transformative experiences doesn’t all the time outcome within the desired impact.
“Linear development is an phantasm,” vocalist Elizabeth Stokes mentioned in a press assertion. “What life actually is is upkeep. However you could find which means within the upkeep.”
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On that notice, “No Pleasure” delves into Stokes’ psychological well being journey. “It’s about anhedonia, which, paradoxically, was there each within the worst elements of despair, after which additionally after I was feeling fairly numb on my SSRI,” she mentioned. “It wasn’t that I used to be unhappy, I used to be feeling fairly good. It was simply that I didn’t just like the issues that I appreciated. I wasn’t getting pleasure from them. It’s very literal.”
Watch the Frances Carter-directed video for “No Pleasure” under.
The quartet lately added a handful of latest dates to their in depth 2025 tour, with extra exhibits in cities together with Dublin, San Francisco, Toronto, and Boston. See the total itinerary under, and get tickets right here.
“Steel,” the primary single from Straight Line Is a Lie, was launched in April. Pre-orders for the album are ongoing.
Straight Line Was a Lie Art work:
Straight Line Was a Lie Tracklist:
01. Mosquitoes
02. No Pleasure
03. Steel
04. Mom, Pray for Me
05. Til My Coronary heart Stops
06. Take
07. Roundabout
08. Ark of the Covenant
09. Finest Laid Plans
The Beths 2025 Tour Dates:
09/17 — Dublin, IE @ Button Manufacturing facility
09/18 — Dublin, IE @ Button Manufacturing facility
09/20 — Manchester, UK @ Albert Corridor
09/21 — Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 TV Studio
09/22 — Leeds, UK @ Mission Home
09/24 — Bristol, UK @ O2 Academy
09/25 — Birmingham, UK @ XOYO
09/26 — London, UK @ Roundhouse
09/27 — Brighton, UK @ CHALK
09/29 — Tourcoing, FR @ Le Grand Combine
09/30 — Paris, FR @ Le Trabendo
10/01 — Brussels, BE @ Botanique
10/03 — Cologne, DE @ Kantine
10/04 — Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
10/05 — Hamburg, DE @ Knust
10/07 — Stockholm, SE @ Slaktkyrkan
10/08 — Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene
10/09 — Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset
10/11 — Berlin, DE @ Lido
10/12 — Munich, DE @ Strom
10/13 — Zurich, CH @ Plaza
10/15 — Barcelona, ES @ Razzmatazz 2
10/16 — Madrid, ES @ Nazca
10/17 — Lisbon, PT @ LAV
10/30 — Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel *
10/31 — Atlanta, GA @ Selection Playhouse *
11/01 — Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl *
11/03 — Dallas, TX @ The Studio At The Bomb Manufacturing facility *
11/04 — Austin, TX @ Emo’s *
11/06 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren *
11/07 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern * ^
11/08 — San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore *
11/09 — San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore *
11/12 — Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades *
11/14 — Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom *
11/15 — Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theatre *
11/16 — Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom *
11/18 — Salt Lake Metropolis, UT @ Metro Music Corridor *
11/19 — Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre *
11/21 — Kansas Metropolis, MO @ The Truman *
11/22 — St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre *
11/23 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed (Indoor) *+
11/25 — Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron *
11/26 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre *
11/27 — Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Corridor *
11/28 — Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Corridor *
11/29 — Montreal, QC @ Beanfield Theatre *
12/01 — Boston, MA @ Royale *
12/02 — Boston, MA @ Royale *
12/03 — Windfall, RI @ Fete Music Corridor *
12/05 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount *#
12/06 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Switch *
12/07 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Switch *
12/09 — Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Membership *
12/10 — Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Membership *
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